Pop Pix, Inc., owns and sells photos from its database on the Internet. Query Corporation operates a search engine that displays its results in thumbnail images, which sometimes include copies of Pop Pix's photos, without its permission. Query's use of the photos is most likely

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The use of thumbnail images by a search engine can be considered a fair use under copyright law, as it is transformative and serves a different purpose (search and indexing) than the original work.